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Wilson Centennial Exhibit Materials
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1956-002
Abstract
This collection contains materials exhibited by Virginia Tech's Newman Library in 1956 to commemorate the centennial of the birth of President Woodrow Wilson.
Dates:
1948 - 1956
Elva Curl Wilson Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-016
Abstract
The collection includes the diary of Elva Curl Wilson, resident of Hampton, Virginia and future wife of Rev. James C. Richardson, describing the very active social life of a young woman in Hampton, Virginia during the 1930s.
Dates:
1929 - 1935
Fenner Wilson Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-082
Abstract
Letter written by Fenner Wilson, a private in Company D, 45th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War, to his brother, B. G. (Basley Graves) Wilson. Writing from Danville, Virginia, Wilson discusses sickness in his company and other camp matters.
Dates:
1863
I. D. Wilson Letters
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Ms-1994-020
Scope and Contents
Professor of Biology from 1923 to 1957 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Letters to Wilson from students, colleagues, and friends upon his retirement from VPI in 1958.
Dates:
1957
James H. Wilson Letter,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-012
Abstract
Letter from retired Union Army Major General James H. Wilson to Gideon Welles, of New York, briefly discussing an overcoat and an impending visit.
Dates:
1894 - 1894
Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-015
Abstract
The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries...
Dates:
1913, 1928
Nelson R. Wilson Auction Notice
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-016
Abstract
The collection contains a broadside announcing the auction of Nelson R. Wilson home and farm in Bedford County, Virginia.
Dates:
1932
Sallie Wilson Recipe Book
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-002
Abstract
The Sallie Wilson Recipe book is a collection of recipes compiled by a woman in Liberty (Bedford County), Virginia.
Dates:
n.d.
Zelma Wilson Architectural Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-046
Abstract
Wilson (1918-1996) an architect in Ojai, CA was born in New York City but later relocated to Southern California. She studied at the University of California, Berkeley, 1937-1940; later the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1941; and graduated with a B. Arch from University of Southern California in 1947. Wilson’s collection encompasses three decades of work that range from her academic through professional career—including her experience of operating her own firm. Her...
Dates:
1940 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1991
Jacob S. Winans Correspondence,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-062
Abstract
The collection includes two letters and their original envelope from Jacob S. Winans to his father Dr. Isaac Winans. Both letters were sent in the same envelope. They were written after Winans's return to Camp Tennally (Tennallytown, Maryland) after serving picket at Great Falls, Virginia from September 9-16, 1861.
Dates:
September 17-18, 1861
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